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Post by Jeannette Williams on Oct 5, 2009 21:54:40 GMT -5
Hello!
I have just started my 7th and 9th grade daughters on Aesop and Homer for Older Beginners and expect to do the first half of Poetry for Older Beginners this year, too. Both are strong writers and strong in grammar. I teach them together, which they enjoy. My question is, since I'm starting late with my 9th grader, how far into the series can I expect to take her? Is she likely to be able to finish? I would hate for her not to get all the way through. I am so excited about what this series offers, I wish I had had it for my oldest two! I expect the rest of my children will be able to get through the whole series. And if you recommend speeding her up, could I teach my 7th grader at the same rate, rather than have to teach her separately (I'm already teaching a 5th grader Aesop and there are only so many hours in the day!) Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thank you, Jeannette
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Post by Lene Mahler Jaqua on Oct 7, 2009 14:50:32 GMT -5
Aesop and Homer for Older Beginners is 22 weeks or so, if you skip anything that is too easy, you should nearly be done in a semester, and then onto Diogenes:Maxim and Diogenes: Chreia. I would think with a little skipping here and there you should come close to finishing the series if you don't hit snags.
If you speed up your 9th grader, I would only recommend speeding up the 7th grader if she can handle it. No point in whipping fast past something she didn't. It is very doable to keep them together because you can vary your expectations of their essays and their sentence work to ask more and longer sentences and essays of the older student. I think students need discussion in language arts, and for that reason it's better to work in groups.
Lene
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Post by Jeannette Williams on Oct 8, 2009 11:35:21 GMT -5
Thank you, Lene, for your answers to this post and my questions about Aesop. I will try to start Diogenes before the end of the year. I also intend to do half of Poetry for Older Beginners with them (already have it - WOW!). They are enjoying working together, so I think I will try to keep it that way.
Warriner's and Voyages really do list phrases like "What a lovely day!" as exclamatory sentences, even if they are not complete thoughts. Thus my confusion.
Thanks for your time, Jeannette
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Post by Lene Mahler Jaqua on Oct 8, 2009 12:50:40 GMT -5
You're welcome, Jeanette. That is odd, though, that "What a lovely day!" is listed as a sentence, since a sentence is supposed to have both a predicate and a noun in it. I certainly understand your confusion there, but I hope it's clear now. Lene
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